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MINUTES OF CABLE COMMUNITY TELEPROGRAMMING COMMISSION MEETING
May 6, 2008
CITY HALL ANNEX – 2nd FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM #2
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Sr. Carol Hoverman, Pauline Maloney, Jennifer Tigges, George Herrig,
Tom McDonough, Al Vincent.
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Burton Everist.
OTHERS PRESENT:
Jim Barefoot, Mediacom
Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque Cable TV Coordinator
Becky Specht, Wahlert High School
Tom DeGree, Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School
Ms. Maloney called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m.
1. Acceptance of the Agenda
Upon a motion by Sr. Hoverman, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the agenda was accepted as
published unanimously.
2. Approval of the Minutes of the April 1, 2008, Meeting
Upon a motion by Ms. Tigges, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the Minutes of the April 1, 2008,
Commission meeting were approved by a vote of 4-0 with Mr. McDonough and Mr. Vincent
abstaining.
3. New Commissioner Introductions
Mr. McDonough and Mr. Vincent were welcomed as new commissioners. Each person in
attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief summary of their background and
experience.
4. Public Comment
Ms. Maloney displayed the plaque presented to the Commission from Gary Olsen and the
cast and crew of “Kids in the Kitchen” who are grateful for the Commission’s support of
their show.
Ms. Specht mentioned the Christian Leadership Class at Dubuque. They produce
television broadcasts of masses and are always coming down and using her computer to
edit them. She wondered if the Commission might consider granting them funding for an
editing computer of their own. It was suggested that this group apply for a grant.
5. Access Equipment Expenditures
Ms. Specht presented a request for $1600 for a tape deck to facilitate the transfer to
computer of material shot in the field. Upon a motion by Sr. Hoverman, seconded by Mr.
McDonough, the Commission unanimously approved up to $1625 for this request.
Mr. DeGree presented a request for $21,018 for equipment and supplies to permanently
wire the Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School auditorium for video and to outfit a remote outfit
to enable them to produce completed, long-form programs within the school. When Ms.
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Tigges commented that there did not appear to be any labor for wiring, Mr. DeGree
responded that the School District would do the wiring. Upon a motion by Mr. Herrig,
seconded by Mr. Vincent, the Commission unanimously approved up to $21,300 for this
request.
Mr. Barefoot made two requests for the public access studio: $3,500 for a pan/tilt head for
the camera jib and corresponding zoom/focus control, and $2,700 for surge protectors and
UPS devices for the new Cablecast automation system he is installing for three PEG
channels he operates.
Sr. Hoverman moved to approve $3,500 for the jib-related equipment. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Herrig and approved unanimously.
At 5:10 p.m., Mr. Vincent excused himself to honor a previous commitment.
Ms. Tigges moved to approve $2,700 for the surge protectors and UPS devices. The
motion was seconded by Mr. McDonough and approved unanimously.
6. Access Programming and Promotion
Mr. Barefoot raised the subject of the amount of programming for the shared educational
channel, Channel 19. He informed the Commission that currently he has 12 programs that
constitute approximately seven and a half hours of programming to fill a 24/7 schedule.
Loras College came over recently and was fairly adamant about removing old basketball
games that filled out the schedule some. He felt that before long something will need to be
done, such as contacting other educational institutions in town, to encourage more
programming.
7. Mediacom Cable Report
Mr. Barefoot reported that the new playback system is now installed and they are working
to learn how to use it and get all the programming onto it. He also wanted to thank Dave
Maloney for spending a couple of hours one afternoon checking the cabling at the public
access studio and making things functional.
8. Cable TV Division Report
Mr. Nowack introduced Erich Moeller, the new Video Producer for the City. He reported
that ECS was in recently performing an audio level check to ensure matching levels among
the various audio sources on CityChannel 8. Also, the shades for the Federal Building
Media Room have now been installed, getting the small studio there closer to being
functional.
9. Future Agenda Items
Mr. Herrig requested that an item be added that will let the Commission discuss the
threshold of grant requests that would require competitive quotes.
10. Adjournment
Upon a motion by Mr. Herrig, seconded by Mr. McDonough, the meeting was adjourned at
5:29 p.m.
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